Taft elected president in landslide across New York to Maryland
Nov. 5 reports show Taft winning the presidency with at least 298 electoral votes and likely over 325 as results rolled in. New York favored Taft by 15,645. Hughes won re election in New York state. Bryan carried Nebraska and Maryland moved toward Bryan as returns broadened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William Howard Taft
United States
James Schoolcraft Sherman
Republic
William Jennings
Bryan
White House
Taft
Hitchcock
National
Committee
Roosevelt
New York
Aly
Charles B
Nebraska
Indiana
Ohio
Montana
Harmon
Thomas
Marshall
India
Missouri
Mareir
Herbert
Hadley
Congress
Cannon
Serena BH. Payne
House Committee
Gov. Johnson
Minnesota
Thomas L
Independ Ance
West
New ‘England
New’ Jersey
Penngylral
Colorado
Zovernor
West Virginia
Bennett
Hughes
New York State
Massachusetts
Boston
Draper
Vahey
Maryland
Baltimore
St. Mary
Calvert
Dorchester
Ae Frederick
St. Louis
City of
St. ‘Louis
Cowherd
St.Louis
Stone
Folk
Cincinnati
William
H. Taft
Pi Taft
New
Major kills saloon keeper in Chaffee Arkansas
Major Henry Burnett 60 of Osceola Arkansas shot Chaney the saloon keeper on the main street in Chaffee Missouri Wednesday. Indictment and arrest follow as authorities report the case in early September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaffee
Henry Burnett
Osceola
Ark
Chaney
Chaneyurnett
Johnson Wins in Minnesota and Other Electoral Outcomes
Indiana reports Democrats claiming control of governorship and likely legislature with eight new congressmen, while Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, and Wisconsin show Taft and Harmon leads and possible shifts. In Minnesota, Gov. Johnson is re-elected with margins around 25,000 as Jacobson concedes. Hemans leads in Michigan early tallies. Iowa's Cummins Senate bid appears victorious. Ohio and Wisconsin trends favor Republicans with mixed local results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireneen
Illinois
Harmon
Ohio
Davidson
Wisconsin
Hemans
Michigan
Chicago
Deneen
Cook
Charley
Adlai B. Stevenson
Stevenson
William ‘Howard ‘Taft
Wil Ham
Bryan
Taft
Johnson
Minnesota
St. Paul
Minn
Frank A. Day
Jacobson
Gaina
Cole
Yellow Medicine
Lac
Freeborn
Fillmore
Detroit
Mich
Lawton B. Hemans
Fred M. Warner
Warner
Warner-Hémans
Upper Peninsula
Marquette City
G. O.P
Lansing
Carroll Victoria
Iowa
Des
A. B. Cummins
United States Senate
J. F. Lacey
Congress
Hamilton
Kendall
Dawson
Kennedy
Hepburn
Des Moines
Hull
N. E. Kendall
Milwaukee
Sherman
United’ States
Victor
Oslo
Cincinnati
Harris
Carl Anderson
Grant E. Mouser
Lived on Ten Cents a Week in The Solar Machine tale
Hi Biddle the Yankee lawyer questions smoking harming health and recalls Bill Doolittle who supposedly lived on ten cents a week. A tale from Willie Brook’s story in Harper’s, with a playful exchange about cheap food, cigars, and restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hi Biddle
Willie Brook
Harper's
Bill Doolittle
Bill
Biddle
15 Years of Suffering Ends After Cuticura Trio
Mrs. V. V. Albert of Upper Frenchville Maine reports that after rheumatism and leg sores resisted three doctors, applying Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent cured the sores in three weeks and pain within three months. She offers to prove the testimonial anytime, dated July 21 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. V. Albert
Upper
Frenchville
Time's Wonderful Changes and Robby at Scot land Estate
Harry Lauder recalls Sir Alexander Ramsay building machines in his barnyard driven by a small stream. Robby watches with awe and muses that Solomon himself would be astonished by modern ingenuity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Lauder
Sir Alexander Ramsay
Scotland
Robby
Alexander
Solomon
Vote for John Henry McCarthy in a divided district
An old He brew Standard anecdote recalls a East Broadway window banner reading Vote for John Henry McCarthy the friend of the Hebrew. An Irish voter, angered by the phrase, pledged to vote for the other candidate Henry M. Goldfogle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Henry McCarthy
Broadway
Henry M. Goldfogle
Cure on the rocky road and a stranger's test
A sinner, barefoot and wounded, pleads for supreme repentance. A seasoned stranger suggests a drastic penance by living in a boarding house for a year as the ultimate trial.
Coffee Hurt My Heart, Then Postum Helped Heals Man
A newspaper feature reports a man who quit coffee after years of illness. He cites nervous spells, insomnia, indigestion, and heart palpitations, then credits Postum with restoring health and sleep. The letter from Battle Creek, Mich praises Postum and invites readers to try it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Negan
Postum
S. A
Postum Co
Battl Creek
Mich
Wekville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
South Dakota
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Tee Eneenee & Ae
Virginia
Washington A
Wyoming
James S. Sherman
Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas. R. Marshall
C. B. Landis
Jesse Overstreet
Deneen Victor
Ilinois
Doolittle
Cutiura
Chas, A. Grubb
Attorney AT Law
Chestnut Streets
Aflantie
G,.r. Miller
Gillespie Building
Atlante
C. G, Clark
Oe Interne Hospital
State Und of Laws
House Plone Iy Blach
OR. R. A, Gamble
Osteopathic
Atlantic
Phone
T. B. Swan
OR. C
Campbell
Musson
Res
Sen
Ittgarbe
CG W. Savery Abstractes
Atlantia
U. S. Mullins
Hag
Ophra House Bloge
Museo Esidence
X-Ray Laboratory
Charles D. Finley
Josephine Cook
Finley
Chestnut, St
Atlantic, Iowa
Chestnut St
Aflantic
Butler
M. H. Butler
G. J. Litterst
Walnut Street
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!